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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Jan 25, 2020 22:03:08 GMT -5
it's a hang-out flick, dude.... you're just not cool enough to hang with the characters, i guess. it is a bit too long, though, i admit.
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Post by Reba on Jan 26, 2020 14:53:47 GMT -5
you think it's cool to hang out with characters written (in a lopsided scrawl riddled with spelling errors) by snot-nosed little Quentin, the uncoolest dork to ever make a film?
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Jan 26, 2020 19:15:01 GMT -5
yes, I do. especially when they're played by pitt and dicaprio.
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Post by Onder on Jan 26, 2020 19:57:37 GMT -5
2019 was such an amazing year for film. Still looking to see *The Peanut Butter Falcon*, *The Lighthouse* and *Uncut Gems*. This scene in particular, from The Lighthouse, has me stocked to see it: streamable.com/zw43u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf—- It’s beating a dead horse at this point, but my favorite film had to have been *Parasite* and I think it actually stands a chance to win Best Picture this year. Edit: gotta see 1917 as well
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Feb 1, 2020 22:22:33 GMT -5
Reba, you might like Ladj Ly's Les Misérables. A banlieu-film in the vein of La Haine (and a bit like Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing). While it has some of the trappings of a debut feature film in its execution, the story is powerful, relevant, and the atmosphere tense and rather realistic. And most of the film takes plays over the course of one day (lately I've been on a kick to find movies like that). I mostly had issues with some of the the pacing, which I thought was uneven at times; Especially when compared to the impressive breakneck speed of the original 20-min short film of the same title (from 2017) that Ladj Ly expanded into a feature here (maybe viewers would be better advised to see the short afterwards). The characters aren't very fleshed out, mostly serving to deliver the plot, but the actors do a good job, and I feel like characterization was a sacrifice in favor of focusing on the plot at hand. The direction of the film is mostly functional, adequate, but the script is strong enough on its own here (maybe even moreso than in La Haine). I should note that it does have an eye-catching opening sequence with the ironically superimposed title, "Les Misérables", at the end, that I enjoyed. I also liked the drone-shots throughout, which are noteworthy for being story-motivated. The ending is very strong as well (without wanting to spoil anything).
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Post by Reba on Feb 2, 2020 13:07:47 GMT -5
cool movies that take place in one day:
Rebel Without A Cause
Collateral
After Hours
Falling Down
His Girl Friday
La Notte
Magnolia
Training Day
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Feb 2, 2020 14:33:47 GMT -5
I've made a list where I think I already had nearly all of these. There's also Victoria, 1917, Run Lola Run, Kids, Cléo from 5 to 7, Do the Right Thing, La Haine, the Before Sunset trilogy, Dog Day Afternoon, Buried, Speed, Carnage, Rope... Some of these are even in real-time. There's a few more that almost fit the category.
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Post by Onder on Feb 7, 2020 21:27:02 GMT -5
Watched "1917" and I gotta say it exceeded my expectations, even though I already thought it was gonna be good. I guess I thought the one-take thing was gonna be kind of a one-trick pony (though impressive) gimmick, but the whole film is really perfectly paced and incredibly immersive in a way only a film can be. The story is simple, but that makes it all the more effective, considering the characters are fleshed out, and that this is not supposed to be a literary work anyway. I guess only the score could've been a tad less bombastic (it's by our old pal Thomas Newman from the 2004 ASoUE movie, lol), but I think that about almost all Hollywood film scores (and considering that, it wasn't an obtrusive issue here). As much as I love Parasite, 1917 blew me away. “Transcendent” sounds too melodramatic but I can’t think of a better term to describe how I felt after watching this thing. As far as the single-take goes, Sam Mendes said he was partly inspired by his kids playing Red Dead Redemption, so the film does (favorably) compare to a video game. I’m actually okay with the usage of Newman’s soundtrack, but def agree that films/TV tend to overdo it. *The Americans* was great at this - just letting a moment play out without any music.
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